| VOLUME 9, ISSUE 1 | July 2007 |
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Future Fort Wayne Alumni Networking Events
A future Fort Wayne networking event will be held on Thursday, December 6 at DeBrand, Inc. , Auburn Park Drive at 6:00 p.m. Take this opportunity to taste the fine chocolates and beverages of DeBrand Chocolatier and tour the facility.
Future Merrillville Alumni Networking Events
The university will host a Merrillville “Back to School"/Alumni event on Thursday, July 19 at a Gary Southshore RailCats baseball game with a picnic starting at 5:30 p.m. (CDT) at U.S. Steel Yard, One Stadium Plaza, Gary, IN 46402. The price for the evening is $8 per person. If you are interested in purchasing tickets for this event, please contact the Alumni Office at 260-434-3276 or email aroy@sf.edu. Deadline for reserving tickets is Monday, July 16. After this deadline, tickets must be purchased with the RailCats Box Office at full price. Please take this opportunity to meet northwest Indiana alumni and current USF students and their families living in the northwest area.
Future Indianapolis Alumni Networking Events
The university will host an Indianapolis “Back to School”/Alumni event on Saturday, August 4 at the Fort Harrison State Park Cherry Tree Shelter beginning at noon. Take time out of your busy schedule and enjoy a fun-filled family afternoon. Activities include a moonwalk, yard games and picnic-style food. If you are interested in this free event, please RSVP by contacting the Alumni Office at 260-434-3276 or e-mail aroy@sf.edu. Please take this opportunity to meet Indianapolis alumni and current USF students and their families living in the Indianapolis area.
Athletic Hall of Fame Nominations
We are currently accepting nominations for Alumni athletes through July 30, 2007. To place a nomination please visit http://www.sf.edu/athletics/ and click the link on the right-hand side. You may also use the nomination form that is in the summer issue of Mirror magazine and mail the form to Bill Scott, Sports Information Director. The Alumni Awards and Athletic Hall of Fame dinner are combined this year and will be on Friday, October 12, 2007 beginning at 6 p.m.
USF Special Order License Plate
Truth Between Opposition Exhibition Opening by Sandy Skoglund The University of Saint Francis Presidential Gala
The School of Creative Arts at the University of Saint Francis has announced the opening of the Truth Between Opposition Exhibition opening by Sandy Skoglund, one of America’s foremost installation artists. Skoglund will personally install her work Breathing Glass, and attend the opening of her exhibition at the university’s Presidential Gala on Saturday, September 8 from 6-9p.m. The exhibition will run through October 26th in the John P. Weatherhead Gallery of the Mimi and Ian Rolland Center for Art and Visual Communication.
The School of Creative Arts (SOCA) is an accredited school by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
Children's Saturday Morning Art Classes
The School of Creative Arts will offer children's art classes on Saturday mornings. The classes begin on Saturday, September 22nd (eleven week term) from 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Students from grades 1 to 8 are eligible for the classes. The grades will be divided as follows: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8. The first child in the family is $75.00 and each additional child is $70.00. For more information call: Amy Schreiber at 260-434-7591or e-mail Amy at aschreiber@sf.edu.
USF Day at the Zoo
Cougar Football Road Trips 2007
Campus Ministry is sponsoring road trips for the following away football games: Saturday, September 29 vs. Ohio Dominican University/7:30 a.m. departure/$27 per person Saturday, October 20 vs. Walsh University/6:30 a.m. departure/$35 per person Saturday, November 3 vs. Malone College/11 a.m. departure/$35 per person If you are interested please send your name, address, phone, email address, number of tickets for game(s), and checks (payable to USF) to: University of Saint Francis Campus Ministry, c/o Tom Patterson 2701 Spring Street Fort Wayne, IN 46808
The price is for motor coach transportation only, and the road trips are one-day excursions. If you have any questions, call Tom Patterson, 260-489-6181, or email tppatterson@yahoo.com.
Limited seats available make your reservations today!
Homecoming Weekend 2007 - "Cougfest"
Homecoming 2007 will begin on Friday, October 12 with a new program called "Classes without Quizzes" from 3 to 5 p.m. This will give the alumni and their spouses a chance to go back into the classroom without quizzes or tuition fees. The Alumni Awards and Athletic Hall of Fame have been combined and will kickoff the Homecoming weekend! The Awards dinner begins at 6 p.m. and will be located at the North Campus (formerly Abundant Life Tabernacle). Alumni will need to make reservations for this banquet.
Check out the USF website www.sf.edu and click on Alumni to view pictures from the year's Alumni events.
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News and Notes
1970's:
Dr. Jeanne M. Zehr (BA '75) received her Doctor of Philosophy degree from Indiana State University. She earned a doctorate degree in Educational Administration. The title of her dissertation is "No Child's Intelligence Left Behind: The Impact of Instrumental Enrichment Training on Teacher Belief Systems."
1980's:
Mary (Johnson) Edwards (BS '89) recently participated in and completed the Green Bay Marathon (26.2 miles), There was approximately 7,000 runners participating in the 5K. The cool part was that around the 9th mile of the race, she stopped at the port-a-pot and was talking to other runners while waiting. While leaving the area, another runner stopped her and it happened to be a former SFC student, Sara Miller, who attended college for a short time with Mary. It just goes to show that it is a "small world."
1990's:
Jessica (Meyer) Swinford (BBA '98) recently was promoted to Assistant Alumni Director for the University of Saint Francis.
2000's:
Gretchen (Miller) Diallo (BSN '00) RN, OCN has been an oncology nurse for the last seven years and works at Johnson Memorial Hospital in the Cancer Care Center in Franklin, Indiana. Gretchen received her oncology certification in 2005 and went to the ONS congress this year in Las Vegas. Gretchen was nominated as "Nurse of the Year" in 2006 and won the award for the hospital's oncology department in 2006. Recently it was announced that she would be taking over the nursing role of the Cancer Committee. JMH Cancer Care Center is one of three centers in the state of Indiana to be an accredited facility. Gretchen was married in 2003. She had her first child, a boy, in 2005 and has a step-daughter who is 16.
Robin (Alexander) Heggler (BBA '03) recently earned her MBA from Louisiana State University in Shreveport.
Please send us your news so we can share it with the USF Alumni family. The newsletters are now posted on the Alumni website. Go to http://www.sf.edu/alumni/emailnews.shtml to view the latest newsletters. Please forward this to other alumni you know! [unsubscribe] |
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